A/RES/55/92
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 114 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/55/602/Add.2 and Corr.1)]
55/92. Protection of migrants
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 54/166 of 17 December 1999,
Considering that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1 proclaims that
all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is
entitled to all the rights and freedoms set out therein, without distinction of any
kind, in particular as to race, colour or national origin,
Reaffirming the provisions concerning migrants adopted by the World
Conference on Human Rights, 2 the International Conference on Population and
Development, 3 the World Summit for Social Development 4 and the Fourth World
Conference on Women, 5
Bearing in mind the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on
Human Rights on the human rights of migrants, 6
Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/48 of 25 April
2000, on the human rights of migrants, 7
Recalling its resolution 40/144 of 13 December 1985, by which it approved the
Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the
Country in which They Live,
Recognizing the positive contributions that migrants frequently make,
including through their eventual integration into their host society,
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
3
See Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
4
See Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
5
See Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
6
E/CN.4/2000/82.
7
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2000, Supplement No. 3 and corrigendum
(E/2000/23 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
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